I have a Lyman 358311 RN HP mould that I got from a really good friend in Nebraska. As you can see in the photo below, the walls of the nose are almost paper thin. Makes for very difficult / consistent fill out. I was getting a fairly high % of rejects.
I finally ( today ) got tired of all of that drama and decided to make a RN flat point out of the mould. I took the HP pin and cut it off and by " trial and error " continued to shorten the pin with a flat file until I got what I wanted. I have a pair of lever action 38 / 357 rifles that will shoot this one like water running through screen wire.
The small flat on the end of the nose will offer me some peace of mind with cartridges that are stacked , end to end, in the tubular magazine of both rifles.
Ben
In this 1st photo , you can see the thin nose walls :
That problem is now history :
I finally ( today ) got tired of all of that drama and decided to make a RN flat point out of the mould. I took the HP pin and cut it off and by " trial and error " continued to shorten the pin with a flat file until I got what I wanted. I have a pair of lever action 38 / 357 rifles that will shoot this one like water running through screen wire.
The small flat on the end of the nose will offer me some peace of mind with cartridges that are stacked , end to end, in the tubular magazine of both rifles.
Ben
In this 1st photo , you can see the thin nose walls :
That problem is now history :
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